Derailed (2002)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Bob Misiorowski

Writers:

Boaz Davidson (story)
Jace Anderson (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

5 November 2002 (Russia)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

The deadliest disease ever discovered is about to be unleashed on the world

Plot:

On an out of control train holding hostages and high-tech bio-weapons agent Kristoff (Van Damme) becomes...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Virus | Terrorist | Hijack | Female Criminal

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Jacques Kristoff
Tomas Arana	...	Mason Cole
Laura Harring	...	Galina Konstantin (as Laura Elena Harring)
Susan Gibney	...	Madeline Kristoff
Lucy Jenner	...	Natasha
Jessica Bowman	...	Bailey Kristoff
Kristopher Van Varenberg	...	Ethan Kristoff
John Bishop	...	Bob Sterling
Binky van Bilderbeek	...	Angus Riley (as Bernard Van Bilderbeek)
Dayton Callie	...	Lars
Simone Levin	...	Catherine (as Simona Levin)
Sandra Vidal	...	Cynthia
Stefanos Miltsakakis	...	Stavros
Jimmy Jean-Louis	...	Henry
George Stanchev	...	William

Also Known As:

Death Train (USA) (working title)
Terror Train (Europe: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

89 min | USA:113 min

Country:

Aruba | USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bolshevik, Bulgaria

Company:

777 Films Corporation

Trivia:

Jean-Claude Van Damme broke a hand while getting knocked down by a stuntman on the set in the final fight scene.

Goofs:

Plot holes: General Zakev is talking to Jacques on the phone while being in Bonn, Germany. Minutes later he can be seen as being in the Railways Control Center which is in Linz, Austria (established earlier in the film). There is no way the General could have been there in a few minutes as the distance between Bonn and Linz is approximately 700 km.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Direct Contact (2009)

Bad. Very bad. Very very bad.

The headline says it all.

From atrocious action scenes to pathetic sound, from worse than amateur special effects to pathetic editing this film just plain bad. No other way of putting it. It throws one over used cliché after another, along with bad acting, and horrendous direction.

It tries to be a big action film but with its sets and design, but it all looks so fake and ridiculous that you'll feel ripped off, even if you saw this movie for free.

The "story" is about the theft of a deadly virus, which was stored in some guy's desk and it looks like an over the counter pain medicine, by a lady thief who must be escorted to safety from a bunch of stupid terrorists. Van Damme is assigned to help her. Throw in some unnecessary family drama and you have this film in a nutshell. Avoid it. 1/10

Rated R: violence and profanity